Recent advances in plasmid-based tools for establishing novel microbial chassis

A key challenge for domesticating alternative cultivable microorganisms with biotechnological potential lies in the development of innovative technologies. Within this framework, a myriad of genetic tools has flourished, allowing the design and manipulation of complex synthetic circuits and genomes to become the general rule in many laboratories rather than the exception. More recently, with the development of novel technologies such as DNA automated synthesis/sequencing and powerful computational tools, molecular biology has entered the synthetic biology era. In the beginning, most of these technologies were established in traditional microbial models (known as chassis in the synthetic biology framework) such as Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, enabling fast advances in the field and the validation of fundamental proofs of concept. However, it soon became clear that these organisms, although extremely useful for prototyping many genetic tools, were not ideal for a wide range of biotechnological tasks due to intrinsic limitations in their molecular/physiological properties. Over the last decade, researchers have been facing the great challenge of shifting from these model systems to non-conventional chassis with endogenous capacities for dealing with specific tasks. The key to address these issues includes the generation of narrow and broad host plasmid-based molecular tools and the development of novel methods for engineering genomes through homologous recombination systems, CRISPR/Cas9 and other alternative methods. Here, we address the most recent advances in plasmid-based tools for the construction of novel cell factories, including a guide for helping with “build-your-own” microbial host.     

子宫异常出血与细菌L型感染的关系

通常认为,子宫异常出血由内分泌紊乱、内膜肿瘤和子宫内膜炎引起。通过对471例子宫异常出血内膜组织的细菌学及免疫组化等研究,我们发现绝大多数(85.7％)出血者原因不明,其中376例子宫内膜查见L型菌。本组细菌L型感染率为93.8％。提示子宫异常出血(包括绝经后出血)与细菌L型感染关系也很密切。并认为,子宫内膜细菌L型感染是导致子宫异常出血的重要原因之一。选择作用于细菌胞膜的药物治疗细菌L型感染效果最好。     

部分正常菌群分离菌株的超氧化歧化酶活性的测定

为了进一步研究部分正常菌群的生理和病理机制,我们测定了这些菌株的SOD活性和脂质过氧化物(LPO)变化,发现皮肤常住菌的分离株的混合培养时,SOD活性增加,说明它们具有协同作用。此外,对其它菌株SOD活性测定结果可知,类杆菌和双歧杆菌的SOD活性最低,其它菌株也有一定的SOD活性,如乳杆菌的SOD活性为47.47～98.98μg/ml,大肠杆菌的SOD活性为127.12μg/ml肠球菌的SOD活性为172.5μg/ml。     

谷氨酰胺对急进高原大鼠肠道微生态影响的实验研究

目的探讨谷氨酰胺对急进高原大鼠小肠黏膜形态结构及肠道微生态的影响。方法W istar大鼠50只,随机分为5组:对照组(A组)、3848米未干预组(B组)、3848米谷氨酰胺干预组(C组)、4767米未干预组(D组)和4767米谷氨酰胺干预组(E组),每组10只,急进海拔3848米和4767米造成大鼠急性缺氧模型,检测小肠黏膜上皮细胞形态结构、肠道菌群失衡及细菌易位的变化。结果高海拔缺氧组大鼠小肠黏膜变薄、肠黏膜水肿、绒毛短缩,肠道菌群失衡显著高于对照组(P0.05),且随着海拔升高,菌群失衡更明显。不同海拔高度细菌易位率也有差异。经谷氨酰胺干预后,肠道的菌群失衡及细菌易位率与高海拔缺氧组比较差异有显著性(P0.05)。结论急进高原缺氧环境可导致小肠黏膜损伤、肠道菌群失衡及细菌易位,肠黏膜屏障破坏,且随着海拔升高而上述改变更明显。谷氨酰胺具有保护肠黏膜屏障及调节肠道菌群失衡的作用。     

一株产细菌纤维素菌株的筛选鉴定及其产物分析

从红茶菌液中筛选获得一株产细菌纤维素的菌株BC-41,经生理生化分析和分子生物学鉴定,现证实该菌株为中间葡糖酸醋杆菌(Gluconacetobacter intermedius)。对该菌株所产生的细菌纤维素进行了物理特性的表征和分析,获得以下数据:BC-41所产的纤维素纯度达到91.32%,湿纤维素膜含水率达99.16%,每克干纤维素膜能吸水28.59 g;扫描电子显微镜观察,显示该纤维素具有网状结构,且纤维束宽度分布在40-100 nm之间;X射线衍射分析,证实该纤维素的晶型为纤维素I型,结晶指数为48.8%;通过黏度测定法,得出该纤维素的平均聚合度达2 100。     

乳酸链球菌nisk基因与细菌性双成分调节子的研究

本研究通过对乳酸链球菌亚种Ｎ８的Ｎｉｓｉｎｚ结构基因下游基因区的分子克隆、序列分析和ＯＲＦ的检测,揭示出一个属于细菌性双成份调节子系统的基因,ｎｉｓＫ,其起始区略与ｎｉｓＲ末端重叠,并发现ＮｉｓＲ和ｎｉｓＫ同被转录一个多顺反子ｍＲＮＡ。在ｎｉｓＫ编码区后,有一个ρ非依赖性终止子。     

广西水牛瘤胃中的细菌多样性

[目的]了解广西水牛瘤胃中细菌的组成及其可能的降解纤维素细菌的主要类群。[方法]提取水牛瘤胃内容物和高效降解滤纸的水牛瘤胃内容物的富集培养物的宏基因组DNA,以宏基因组DNA为模板,扩增16S rRNA基因序列,构建该两种样品的细菌的16S rRNA基因文库。通过对16S rRNA基因序列的分析,了解这两种样品的细菌群体种类及数量。 [结果] 水牛瘤胃内容物与其富集培养物中均主要含有LGCGPB (low G+C Gram-Positive Bacteria)、CFB (Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides)两大类菌群和少数的螺旋体菌（Spirochaetes）,且LGCGPB所占的比例都是最高的,LGCGPB在水牛瘤胃内容物细菌中的比例为56.66%,而在富集培养物细菌中的比例升高为73.33%。在水牛瘤胃内容物中,丝状杆菌（Fibrobacteres）占3.33%,但在富集培养物中未被检测到。而在富集培养物中占13.33%的变形杆菌（Proteobacteria）,在水牛瘤胃内容物中未被检测到。本研究还发现了分类地位尚未明确的一菌群（R46）。[结论]细菌类群LGCGPB、Proteobacteria可能在水牛瘤胃中的纤维素降解过程中起重要作用。此外,水牛瘤胃中的细菌组成和牦牛、牛、羊瘤胃中的细菌组成较相似但比例有所不同。     

Tn5转座突变技术在革兰氏阴性细菌分子遗传研究中的应用

随着广宿主载体系统的发展,Tn5及其衍生载体已经广泛应用于革兰氏阴性细菌的分子遗传学研究。主要综述了Tn5转座突变技术在生防细菌生防机理研究、细菌必需基因的鉴定、病原细菌毒力相关基因研究、代谢调控基因研究和菌株的遗传改良方面的应用研究进展。     

绿脓杆菌定值,定位,定性检测技术研究

为建立组织内细菌的定植、定位及定性检测方法,实验专用对绿脓杆菌定性、定量培养的DPA培养基,解决了同时定性、定量培养的难题,实验结果表明,同一标本有多个同种细菌生长可判定细菌定植。方法简单、可靠、重复性好。     

Molecular recognition of lipopolysaccharide by the lantibiotic nisin

Nisin is a lanthionine antimicrobial effective against diverse Gram-positive bacteria and is used as a food preservative worldwide. Its action is mediated by pyrophosphate recognition of the bacterial cell wall receptors lipid II and undecaprenyl pyrophosphate. Nisin/receptor complexes disrupt cytoplasmic membranes, inhibit cell wall synthesis and dysregulate bacterial cell division. Gram-negative bacteria are much more tolerant to antimicrobials including nisin. In contrast to Gram-positives, Gram-negative bacteria possess an outer membrane, the major constituent of which is lipopolysaccharide (LPS). This contains surface exposed phosphate and pyrophosphate groups and hence can be targeted by nisin. Here we describe the impact of LPS on membrane stability in response to nisin and the molecular interactions occurring between nisin and membrane-embedded LPS from different Gram-negative bacteria. Dye release from liposomes shows enhanced susceptibility to nisin in the presence of LPS, particularly rough LPS chemotypes that lack an O-antigen whereas LPS from microorganisms sharing similar ecological niches with antimicrobial producers provides only modest enhancement. Increased susceptibility was observed with LPS from pathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae compared to LPS from enteropathogenic Salmonella enterica and gut commensal Escherichia coli. LPS from Brucella melitensis, an intra-cellular pathogen which is adapted to invade professional and non-professional phagocytes, appears to be refractory to nisin. Molecular complex formation between nisin and LPS was studied by solid state MAS NMR and revealed complex formation between nisin and LPS from most organisms investigated except B. melitensis. LPS/nisin complex formation was confirmed in outer membrane extracts from E. coli.